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  1. Why use a real-time clock (RTC) in a Game Boy game?
    - Resource replenishment over real time deters binge play and beat-then-refund
    - Cosmetic changes for time of day or holidays
    - Spaced repetition in language learning games
    - For non-game applications such as a personal organizer

    Why avoid RTC in a Game Boy game?
    - Increases cartridge cost
    - Reduces backup battery life
    - Players with screen time limited by time of day or day of week miss important in-game events
    - Reduces exposure of your game to viewers of speedrun streams

    #GameDesign #RealTimeClock #ScreenTime #GameBoy #gbdev #SpacedRepetition

  2. Why use a real-time clock (RTC) in a Game Boy game?
    - Resource replenishment over real time deters binge play and beat-then-refund
    - Cosmetic changes for time of day or holidays
    - Spaced repetition in language learning games
    - For non-game applications such as a personal organizer

    Why avoid RTC in a Game Boy game?
    - Increases cartridge cost
    - Reduces backup battery life
    - Players with screen time limited by time of day or day of week miss important in-game events
    - Reduces exposure of your game to viewers of speedrun streams

    #GameDesign #RealTimeClock #ScreenTime #GameBoy #gbdev #SpacedRepetition

  3. Why use a real-time clock (RTC) in a Game Boy game?
    - Resource replenishment over real time deters binge play and beat-then-refund
    - Cosmetic changes for time of day or holidays
    - Spaced repetition in language learning games
    - For non-game applications such as a personal organizer

    Why avoid RTC in a Game Boy game?
    - Increases cartridge cost
    - Reduces backup battery life
    - Players with screen time limited by time of day or day of week miss important in-game events
    - Reduces exposure of your game to viewers of speedrun streams

    #GameDesign #RealTimeClock #ScreenTime #GameBoy #gbdev #SpacedRepetition

  4. Why use a real-time clock (RTC) in a Game Boy game?
    - Resource replenishment over real time deters binge play and beat-then-refund
    - Cosmetic changes for time of day or holidays
    - Spaced repetition in language learning games
    - For non-game applications such as a personal organizer

    Why avoid RTC in a Game Boy game?
    - Increases cartridge cost
    - Reduces backup battery life
    - Players with screen time limited by time of day or day of week miss important in-game events
    - Reduces exposure of your game to viewers of speedrun streams

    #GameDesign #RealTimeClock #ScreenTime #GameBoy #gbdev #SpacedRepetition

  5. Why use a real-time clock (RTC) in a Game Boy game?
    - Resource replenishment over real time deters binge play and beat-then-refund
    - Cosmetic changes for time of day or holidays
    - Spaced repetition in language learning games
    - For non-game applications such as a personal organizer

    Why avoid RTC in a Game Boy game?
    - Increases cartridge cost
    - Reduces backup battery life
    - Players with screen time limited by time of day or day of week miss important in-game events
    - Reduces exposure of your game to viewers of speedrun streams

    #GameDesign #RealTimeClock #ScreenTime #GameBoy #gbdev #SpacedRepetition

  6. Building a 7-Segment Shadow Clock - There are plenty of conventional timepieces out there in the world; we’ve also fea... - hackaday.com/2025/08/10/buildi #realtimeclock #clockhacks #ds3231 #clock #esp32

  7. White Pointer Gaming on Pokemon Gold/Silver’s Real Time Clock & GB Mappers
    White Pointer Gaming is another excellent source of retro game hardware information, and a few days ago they uploaded a dive into the specifics of the real time clock used in Pokemon Generation 2 (14 minutes), and as an encore discussed Gameboy mapper chips
    setsideb.com/white-pointer-gam
    #hardware #retro #gameboy #Gen2 #hardware #MBC3 #pokemon #RealTimeClock #retro #video #WhitePointerGaming #youtube

  8. White Pointer Gaming on Pokemon Gold/Silver’s Real Time Clock & GB Mappers
    White Pointer Gaming is another excellent source of retro game hardware information, and a few days ago they uploaded a dive into the specifics of the real time clock used in Pokemon Generation 2 (14 minutes), and as an encore discussed Gameboy mapper chips
    setsideb.com/white-pointer-gam
    #hardware #retro #gameboy #Gen2 #hardware #MBC3 #pokemon #RealTimeClock #retro #video #WhitePointerGaming #youtube

  9. How does one make a computer, a , that has battery, but that is *not* connected to the internet, adjust its time to summer and winter time i.e. make the 1 hour clock change at 3 am on the relevant days? Or does Raspberry Pi OS do this automatically if the date is right?

  10. New Blog Enrty: With a slight delay, the ZX81 can read and set time using the RTC. Time flies when you're having fun, but the ZX81 might need a little extra time to catch up! #ZX81 #RetroComputing #RealTimeClock #VintageTech

    zx81keyboardadventure.com/2024